True. But they sure ugly up the lines of a classic shotgun. I finally got around to actually measuring the barrel length and it’s 23” from the end of the receiver, to the bottom of the adjustable choke. Looking on Briley’s website they can put choke tubes in the barrel, I might do that.. There seems to be some disagreement between a couple of serial number charts I looked at to try to determine when this A5 was made, one says 1931, and another says it was made in 1935, there’s no doubt that this is a pre war example. I did put 5rounds through it in my side yard, shooting at my brush pile..It functioned just fine, the mag cutoff works, and I was surprised at how mild the recoil was, It’s quite pleasant to shoot.. I am going to keep it..
Ken
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Rather than remove the adjustable choke and thread the barrel for chokes, you may be better off buying another barrel from Corson's at https://www.corsonsbarrels.com/browningbarrels.htm and selling (or keeping) your barrel. I also suggest getting some spare recoil system parts, namely the recoil spring and both steel and bronze friction pieces. In case you do not know, the friction pieces are arranged differently based on load as per the below. Depending upon the adjustable choke, you may have to adjust the arrangement to not batter the receiver.
I saw that drawing before..right now my A5 is set up in position 1, I shot 5 rnds through it yesterday, using some low brass loads loaded with #8 shot..functioned fine..I’m currently looking for recoil springs, as Brownell’s doesn’t seem to have any.
As far as the barrel goes, I’m not sure what to do..buy a replacement barrel, or send it off to a Riley to get choke tubes installed, or leave it alone, and deal with it. One thing I have read is that on A5’s made before 1950, often the replacement barrel will not fit, and would need fitted to my receiver, mine was made in the 30’s.. While I don’t have much in it, I don’t want it to turn into a money pit either, as it is now, I’m not planning on doing anything with it until after the first of the year..
Dammit, you people pushed me over the edge on this one!
It’s kind of a lot more rail than I think I’ll need for a Delta Point Pro. Suggestions?
Last edited by awp_101; 12-04-2020 at 06:58 PM.
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I haven’t used one (yet), but I’m thinking of the EGW RDS mount for my Super Blackhawk.
https://www.egwguns.com/deltapoint-p...er-sight-mount
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